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Difficulty: EasyEmphatic Stress

Read the statement below and identify the specific word that carries emphatic stress based on the contrastive question provided.

Answer:Statement: 'The principal APPROVED the new school curriculum on Friday.'
Contrastive question: 'Did the principal reject the new school curriculum on Friday?'

In the statement above, emphatic stress is placed on the word 【APPROVED】.

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The word that carries emphatic stress is APPROVED.
In Oral English, emphatic stress falls on the word that provides the contrastive focus. Here, the contrastive question asks whether the principal 'rejected' the curriculum. The word 'APPROVED' in the statement directly opposes 'rejected', so it receives emphatic stress.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze the contrastive question to find the point of contradiction.
The contrastive question asks if the principal 'rejected' the curriculum, directly contradicting the action taken.
Emphatic stress highlights information that responds to or corrects a specific point raised in a question.
2
Match the contradicted word in the question ('reject') to its corresponding word in the statement ('APPROVED').
The action 'APPROVED' in the statement directly answers and corrects the idea of 'rejecting'.
The word carrying emphatic stress in a sentence is the one that contrasts with the questioned element.

Key Concept

Emphatic stress is used to emphasize a specific word in a sentence to contrast with or correct a alternative idea presented in a question.
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